Synonyms for savage
ˈsæv ɪdʒsav·age

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1. savage

   Whatever is not civilized is barbarian; barbaric indicates rude magnificence, uncultured richness; as, barbaric splendor, a barbaric melody. Barbarous refers to the worst side of barbarian life, and to revolting acts, especially of cruelty, such as a civilized man would not be expected to do; as, a barbarous deed. We may, however, say barbarous nations, barbarous tribes, without implying anything more than want of civilization and culture. Savage is more distinctly bloodthirsty than barbarous. In this sense we speak of a savage beast and of barbarous usage.

   Synonyms:
   atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, brutal, cruel, inhuman, merciless, rude, uncivilized, uncouth, untamed

   Antonyms:
   civilized, courtly, cultured, delicate, elegant, graceful, humane, nice, polite, refined, tender, urbane

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1. savage

   Synonyms:
   ferocious, ferine, wild, uncultivated, untamed, untaught, uncivilized, unpolished, rude, brutish, brutal, heathenish, barbarous, cruel, fierce, inhuman, truculent, pitiless, merciless, murderous, violent, malevolent

   Antonyms:
   mild, docile, domesticated, tame, tractable, meek, timid, shrinking, cultivated, tamed, taught, civilized, educated, refined, christianized, polished, humane, generous, chivalrous, merciful, clement, forbearing, courtly, subdued, self-controlled

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1. savage, barbariannoun

   a member of an uncivilized people

   Synonyms:
   tyke, peasant, brute, wildcat, barbarian, beast, wolf, churl, boor, tike

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, tamed, civilized, civilised, humane, tame

2. beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcatadjective

   a cruelly rapacious person

   Synonyms:
   wildcat well, masher, skirt chaser, fauna, animal, animate being, beast, wildcat, brute, woman chaser, wolf, barbarian, creature

   Antonyms:
   civilised, tame, nonviolent, civilized, humane, tamed

3. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, viciousadjective

   (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

   "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

   Synonyms:
   wild, uncivilized, fierce, deplorable, reprehensible, fell, beastly, unrelenting, venomous, criminal, brute(a), condemnable, roughshod, barbaric, evil, feral, cruel, poisonous, barbarous, vicious, furious, ferocious, barbarian, heavy-handed, brutish, bestial, brutal, ferine, uncivilised

   Antonyms:
   humane, tamed, civilized, nonviolent, tame, civilised

4. feral, ferine, savageadjective

   wild and menacing

   "a pack of feral dogs"

   Synonyms:
   wild, fierce, fell, furious, roughshod, barbaric, feral, cruel, barbarous, vicious, ferocious, barbarian, uncivilized, uncivilised, brutal, ferine

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, civilised, humane, tame, civilized, tamed

5. barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wildadjective

   without civilizing influences

   "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"

   Synonyms:
   raging, brutal, gaga, violent, dotty, untamed, unfounded, ferocious, fierce, cruel, tempestuous, fell, roughshod, ferine, godforsaken, uncivilised, hazardous, uncivilized, waste, baseless, risky, angry, idle, wild, fantastic, groundless, feral, vicious, crazy, raving mad, barbarian, barbaric, furious, unwarranted, barbarous

   Antonyms:
   tame, tamed, nonviolent, civilized, civilised, humane

6. ferocious, fierce, furious, savageverb

   marked by extreme and violent energy

   "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

   Synonyms:
   angered, rough, trigger-happy, uncivilized, barbarous, angry, cutthroat, infuriated, tempestuous, furious, raging, violent, fell, fierce, barbaric, feral, cruel, enraged, vehement, maddened, ferocious, roughshod, tearing, boisterous, barbarian, uncivilised, bowelless, vicious, brutal, ferine, wild

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, civilised, tamed, civilized, tame, humane

7. savageverb

   attack brutally and fiercely

   Synonyms:
   pillory, crucify, blast

   Antonyms:
   civilised, humane, civilized, tamed, nonviolent, tame

8. savage, blast, pillory, crucifyverb

   criticize harshly or violently

   "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

   Synonyms:
   crucify, dun, bedevil, subdue, gibbet, shoot, blare, pillory, nail, mortify, rag, boom, knock down, frustrate, shell, torment, blast, smash

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, tamed, tame, civilised, humane, civilized

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1. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncultivated (as a forest), wild, rough, sylvan

2. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncivilized (like an inhabitant of the woods), untaught, rude, barbarous, unpolished, bearish

3. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   untamed, fierce, ferocious, rapacious, ravenous, ferine, sanguinary, blood-thirsty

4. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   inhuman, brutal, brutish, brute, cruel, fell, remorseless, pitiless, unmerciful, ruthless, merciless, heathenish, relentless, hard-hearted, sanguinary, bloody, vandalic

5. savagenoun

   Synonyms:
   barbarian

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1. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncivilized, barbarous, ferocious, ravenous, fierce, untamed, brutal, fell, truculent, implacable, atrocious, ferocious, inhuman

2. savagenoun

   Synonyms:
   barbarian, cannibal

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1. List of paraphrases for "savage":

   wild, brutal, barbaric, sauvage, cruel, barbarous, ruthless, wilderness, savagery, brutality, wild-type, ferocious, unbridled, fierce, feral, uncontrolled

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1. List of known nicknames for "Savage":

   D. Savelio, Demi Savelio, Demetrius Savelio

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1. Kelly Jackson:

   Mom brought Mayor Mike Savage downstairs for me, we did n’t communicate about, oh the door is n’t locked.

2. William James:

   We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

3. David Hume:

   The great end of all human industry, is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and societies modelled, by the most profound wisdom of patriots and legislators. Even the lonely savage, who lies exposed to the inclemency of the elements and the fury of wild beasts, forgets not, for a moment, this grand object, of his being.

4. Voltaire:

   You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

5. Anna Morgan Lloyd:

   I’m ashamed that it became a savage display of violence that day. And I would have never been there if I had a clue it was going to turn out that way, it was never my intent to be a part of anything that’s so disgraceful to our American people.